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'''Stefanos Sarafis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] |'''Στέφανος Σαράφης'''}}, [[1890]] - [[31 May]], [[1957]]) was an officer of the [[Hellenic Army]] who played an important role during the Greek Resistance ([[1941]] - [[1944]]).

== Early life and career ==
Sarafis was born at [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]], in [[1890]], and studied law in the [[University of Athens]]. During the [[Balkan Wars]], he enlisted in the Greek Army as a sergeant, and was promoted to lieutenant in [[1913]]. He became a [[Venizelism|Venizelist]], and played an active role in the various military conspiracies that were fromed during the troubled [[1920s]]. He participated in the two failed Venizelist coup attempts of [[March 1]], [[1933]] and [[March 6]], [[1935]]. The latter was led by Gen. [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and intended to overthrow the newly-elected government of [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister]] [[Panagis Tsaldaris]]. The failure of the coup resulted in the execution of its leader for treason and dishonorable discharges for several of the participants.

== In internal exile ==

Sarafis was exiled to the island of [[Milos]] which was populated but had no connection to military activities. He was thus effectively isolated from possible contacts with active Army members. In 1938, Sarafis was introduced to Marion Roscoe, an English student of the University of Oxford who visited the island to pursue her studies of archaeology. However her limited knowledge of the [[Greek language]] prevented her from effectively communicating with the locals.

Sarafis was reportedly the only on the island with working knowledge of the [[English language]] and volunteered to help her in communicating. Their private conversations over political beliefs and the History of Greece resulted in her lifelong interest in Greek matters. Marion later claimed to have fallen in love with Sarafis at this point.

== Second World War ==
Marion left Greece during the [[World War II|Greco-Italian War]]. Sarafis resurfaced as a leading figure of the Greek Resistance movement. Initially in contact with the right-wing [[EDES]] and [[EKKA]] movements, in March [[1943]] he was arrested by querillas of the leftist [[EAM]]/[[ELAS]]. Despite his background, a month later Sarafis, joined in with ELAS. His motives for this have been hotly contested, but he seems to have at least partly sympathized with its political aims. In May, he was appointed as head of its general staff. From this position he played a crucial role during the 1944 December Events ([[Dekemvriana]]).

After the military and political defeat of EAM in the Dekemvriana, he was captured and exiled to [[Serifos]] where Marion re-established correspondence with him in 1946. She had joined the League for Democracy which campaigned for the release of political prisoners.

== Post-war activities ==
Sarafis was eventually released and married Marion in [[1952]]. He joined the [[United Democratic Left]] at about this time. In the [[Greek legislative election, 1956]], the United Democratic Left entered a coalition with the [[Republican Union]], the [[Liberal Party ]], the [[Rally of the Farmers and the Workers]], [[National Progressive Union of the Centre]] and the [[Democratic Socialist Party]]. The coalition came second and managed to elect 132 MPs. Sarafis was among them.

He was a pedestrian casualty in a car accident on [[31 May]], [[1957]] in [[Alimos]], a suburb of [[Athens]]. He and his wife Marion were taking a walk when an automobile, driven by a non-commissioned officer of the United States Air Force, collided with them. Sarafis was killed and his wife injured.

George V. Allen, the then United States Ambassador to Greece, ordered the airman to be handed to the Greek authorities for trial. The airman admitted to have been driving under the influence and having violated the speed limit. He was charged with manslaughter. However fellow politicians of the United Democratic Left strongly suspected the incident to be a "premedidated murder" and reported their suspicions to the press.

==External links==
*[http://www.internationalwallofprayer.org/A-139-Awards-of-Moral-Courage-Rescue-of-Greek-Jews.html A page on the "Awards of Moral Courage, Honoring Greek Christians who risked their lives to save Greek Jews during the Holocaust". Including Sarafis and an image of him]
*[http://www2.fhw.gr/projects/cooperations/f_policy36_45/en/photo/511.html A photograph of him with other National People's Liberation Army members]
*[http://jcgi.pathfinder.com/time/printout/0,8816,937455,00.html 1957 Time article on his death]
*[http://www.odyssey.gr/article.asp?entryid=2561&pagecode=02 A sub-article on his wife]

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 == Early life and career ==
-Sarafis was born at [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]], in [[1890]], and studied law in the [[University of Athens]]. During the [[Balkan Wars]], he enlisted in the Greek Army as a sergeant, and was promoted to lieutenant in [[1913]]. He became a [[Venizelism|Venizelist]], and played an active role in the various military conspiracies that were fromed during the troubled [[1920s]]. He participated in the two failed Venizelist coup attempts of [[March 1]], [[1933]] and [[March 6]], [[1935]]. The latter was led by Gen. [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and intended to overthrow the newly-elected government of [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister]] [[Panagis Tsaldaris]]. The failure of the coup resulted in the execution of its leader for treason and dishonorable discharges for several of the participants.
+Sarafis was born at [[Trikala]], [[Thessaly]], in [[1890]], and studied law in the [[University of Athens]]. During the [[Balkan Wars]], he enlisted in the Greek Army as a sergeant, and was promoted to lieutenant in [[1913]]. He became a [[Venizelism|Venizelist]], and played an active role in the various military conspiracies that were fromed during the troubled [[1920s]]. He participated in the two failed Venizelist coup attempts of [[March 6]], [[1933]] and [[March 1]], [[1935]]. The latter was led by Gen. [[Anastasios Papoulas]] and intended to overthrow the government of [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister]] [[Panagis Tsaldaris]]. The failure of the coup resulted in the execution of its leader for treason and dishonorable discharges for several of the participants.
 == In internal exile ==

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 Sarafis was exiled to the island of [[Milos]] which was populated but had no connection to military activities. He was thus effectively isolated from possible contacts with active Army members. In 1938, Sarafis was introduced to Marion Roscoe, an English student of the University of Oxford who visited the island to pursue her studies of archaeology. However her limited knowledge of the [[Greek language]] prevented her from effectively communicating with the locals.
-Sarafis was reportedly the only on the island with working knowledge of the [[English language]] and volunteered to help her in communicating. Their private conversations over political beliefs and the History of Greece resulted in her lifelong interest in Greek matters. Marion later claimed to have fallen in love with Sarafis at this point.
+Sarafis was reportedly the only on the island with working knowledge of the English language and volunteered to help her in communicating. Their private conversations over political beliefs and the History of Greece resulted in her lifelong interest in Greek matters. Marion later claimed to have fallen in love with Sarafis at this point.
 == Second World War ==

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 He was a pedestrian casualty in a car accident on [[31 May]], [[1957]] in [[Alimos]], a suburb of [[Athens]]. He and his wife Marion were taking a walk when an automobile, driven by a non-commissioned officer of the United States Air Force, collided with them. Sarafis was killed and his wife injured.
-George V. Allen, the then United States Ambassador to Greece, ordered the airman to be handed to the Greek authorities for trial. The airman admitted to have been driving under the influence and having violated the speed limit. He was charged with manslaughter. However fellow politicians of the United Democratic Left strongly suspected the incident to be a "premedidated murder" and reported their suspicions to the press.
+George V. Allen, the then United States Ambassador to Greece, ordered the airman to be handed to the Greek authorities for trial. The airman admitted to have been driving under the influence and having violated the speed limit. He was charged with manslaughter. However fellow politicians of the United Democratic Left strongly suspected the incident to be a "premeditated murder" and reported their suspicions to the press.
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